It won’t be surprise if one social networking website pumps $2B in virtual reality company acquisition, this is a giant leap in provisioning the augmented reality which could be extended in our daily lives through those headsets and not just restricting it to the gaming consoles. This step by Mr.Zuckerberg is not because he thinks that virtual reality has a future, but he believes that virtual reality is the future of the entertainment industry. Adding more and more dimensions to the visuals gives an all new high to the users. Big players of the industry are already trying to make VR a household name, one of them is Google which is making Google cardboard sets which is as less as $30 to buy and is bought by millions who still can’t afford the high end headsets.

A decade back 3D movies were a rarity but today every sci-fi movie has a 3D version, in fact 4D, 6D, smell, air etc. they just want to tickle each sense of the audience and make them the part of the fiction through virtual reality. Virtual Reality has a presence everywhere be it in movies and media, sports or music. Last year US Open Golf tournament was streamed live in 3D experience, this year the Sundance Film Festival will showcase 3 full length feature films in VR including the 30 stories. So, VR is not confined to gaming only it is as much as part of the social networking too, which again depends upon the content of VR. Oculus, Sony, HTC, Google are the bigshots that are driving this entire VR experience market and they will soon come up with breakthrough technologies which can be played through the cellphones too, Samsung Gear has anticipated the VR in its phones already. The results are amazing and the upcoming features of VR in all segments of entertainment are very promising too.

Virtual reality will change the face of the visualization, imagine talking to somebody in 3D experience and you can actually see the person walking, talking and coming to you and sitting in your living room. Right now VR is restricted to the gamers primarily, there are experiments done in many other fields as well but the whole lot is underway still. The compelling reason for this is the equipment and the graphical welly on the PCs globally to run the virtual reality. Many Companies has a broader vision for VR and his acquisition of Oculus will surely shake the world with the boons of VR. He not only sees a possibility of sharing adventurous videos with friends and family on Facebook but also to make a virtual classroom for study and giving a feeling of sitting with students across the world in that classroom.

The virtual class concept will take a quantum leap from here. Total 360-degree and 3D visualization with binaural sound that reacts to the head movements, gesture-based controllers that would react to thumbs-up and also run by trigger of a finger that makes the viewer be hundred percent in it. NextVR, 8i are such companies that specializes in VR experiences are heading aggressively to collaborate with other giants to live broadcast some of the greatest sports events and tying up with major sports channels to make VR a name in all households and not just among the tech savvy people. As of now the response is enormous and the audience have made it a success.

The entertainment and media industry is beaming with this new concept of VR and immersed themselves into it. With this success ratio now there are advent of content producers to offer such content to the viewers. GoPro and Google camera rig devices will enable smaller publishers and agencies etc. to get into the action too, without taking into account the user-tailored content, something that is bound to grab people’s imaginations. Live streaming has become increasingly accessible and it’s growing in popularity because of the apps like Periscope, users’ demand for virtual reality content, for both ingesting and creating, should help boost the concept of VR forward. VR is not a techie thing anymore as its graduating to a point where the content producers are making the virtual reality stuff available to less technologically savoy masses, the future of entertainment is just right here.